Ty Warner

Entrepreneur

Birthday September 3, 1944

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Chicago, IL

Age 80 years old

#64,407 Most Popular

About

CEO and owner of Ty Inc., the company most well known for the creation of Beanie Babies. As on 2013 he had an estimated worth of $2.6 billion.

Before Fame

He was a college dropout who tried his hand at acting with little success and later worked for a toy manufacturer called Dakin.

Trivia

He put everything he had into the founding of Ty Inc. including mortgaging his home.

Family Life

He was born to parents Harold "Hal" and Georgia in Chicago and named after Ty Cobb. He has a younger sister named Joyce, also known as Joy. He never married or had kids.

Associated With

He has donated millions of dollars to the Andre Agassi Foundation.